FDIM Registration 2018

Four Days In May (FDIM) - the biggest and best QRP event in the World !

FDIM will be held at the same location as last year, Holiday Inn Fairborn.

Planning to Stay at Holiday Inn? Special Instructions: Please check the nights you wish to stay. Check the type of Bed/s. We will forward this information to the Hotel and they will assign a confirmation number. Once this is done, you will receive a note with your confirmation number (generally 7 days). You should contact the hotel with your credit card information within 7 days of receiving the confirmation number. Rooms not confirmed with credit card will be canceled and made available for reassignment.

Planing to stay at Homewood Suites: Suite rate 219.00 3 night minimum. We will forward this information to the Hotel and they will assign a confirmation number. Once this is done, you will receive a note from FDIM with your confirmation number (generally 10 days). You should contact the hotel with your credit card information within 7 days of receiving the confirmation number. Rooms not confirmed with credit card will be canceled and made available for reassignment. ONLY registrations WITH Seminar or Banquet registration will be processed for the hotels. Holiday Inn Fairborn is Full!

We have a limited number of rooms arranged for with Homewood Suites Fairborn, just across the parking lot. Suites 219.00 with a 3 night minimum.

ONLY registrations WITH Seminar or Banquet registration will be processed for the hotels.

Ed Breneiser, WA3WSJ and Walt Skavinsky, KB3ABC - Operating from Over 70 National Parks in 2016

Dr. Jack Purdum, W8TEE - Homebrewing Ham radio Gear

What a great lineup of QRP speakers!

Homebrew Contest and Show N Tell

Friday 18 May 20188PM to 10PM

FDIM 2018 - Homebrew Contest - Show and Tell

As in the past, we intend to allow entries in the Homebrew Contest* to bedisplayed in the Ballroom on Club Night, Friday night, May 18, between 8PMand 10 PM. To enter an item in the contest and insure that it is part ofthe voting (on Friday night), you must register your item on Friday nightbetween 7 PM and 8 PM. A registration table will be outside the mainBallroom at that time on both nights.

FDIM Buildathon 2018

Friday 18 May 2018

FDIM 2018 - Buildathon by Rex Harper W1REX

Keeping with the bench instrumentation theme over the past few years, the project for the FDIM 2018 Buildathon will be a 4 Port Directional Coupler for measuring forward and reflected power. In addition to the 4PDC kit, builders will also receive a FREE DMM to use as the voltage display device.

Since there are several FDIM challenges out there, I am issuing a Buildathon challenge: Scour the Dayton fleamarket for that perfect meter or pair of meters and incorporate it into your build! The registered builders will vote on the best creation and the winner will receive a fabulous prize.

Grand Banquet

Saturday 19 May 20187.30pm - 10.00pm

The FDIM Grand Banquet is the last major event of the weekend. There's a great meal, a few announcements, the QRP Hall of Fame induction, results of the homebrew competitions and then a lot of prize giving !

Prizes are donated throughout the FDIM event - we usually have more than 50 and the value may be in excess of $10,000 !

FDIM 2018 Builder Challenge!!

Announcing - the FDIM2018 2N2222 POWER CHALLENGE!

We QRP enthusiasts have developed a great reputation for doing more with less. Whether that is trying to break a record for mile per watt in a QSO,or designing a transceiver with fewest components, the design skills of our colleagues is undisputable. QRPARCI is presenting our community with the an opportunity to show off these QRP design skills with the FDIM2018 2N2222 POWER CHALLENGE!